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Please Listen

June 19 2004 at 7:56 PM
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Dear Anyone who will listen:
I am beginning my "Dazey days", which has been my idiom for this thing called pms/pmdd. I just finished my period less than two weeks ago, and I was great for about I week, except for the residual guilt I feel for being me.
I am sorry to say that along with this mental confusion I am extremely volatile and I "read into" everything the "wrong way"(sometimes I believe I am being insightful, but my husband says I am just downright paranoid and accusatory).And don't mention the awesomely outrageous and inarticulate things I say at the top of my lungs that even as I say them, I know they sound idiotic---I even feel lower-back pain and abdominal pain like I am about to start my period---and I am very tired. Just hear me out, I am so tired of being me. My kids see me act crazy and i feel crazy(they are 9 and 10) I am ashamed to say that I haven't found the self-control to not scream like a two year old in a department store having a tantrum---funny? but it's true. I practice my religion, but i feel like a hypocrite and so unaccepted by God---I spend half of my time confessing this rage I feel and take out verbally on my family.
I wish that it were that I was just confused at times, fuzzy in the head, unable to drive or handle money (don't give me money three days before my period----I won't be able to tell you *where it went*) But anything sets me off. This would be about the time I would have a chocolate milkshake, brownie, or several smirnoffs---but I am "clean" and plan to stay that way. thanks for listening


    
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Re: Please Listen

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June 20 2004, 2:30 PM 

Hi Lisa

You will always find a hearing ear here, and maybe I can offer you some comfort.

First of all, let me tell you that the guilt associated with PMDD is something that is to be expected, and you're not the first to have feelings of remorse. Just be careful that the guilty feelings don't become an untenable burden. Here I would advise thinking as the Buddhists do ... ZEN ... "it is what it is", and move on. Each day is a new beginning.

Yes, women with PMDD can be paranoid, take things way out of proportion and make mountains out of what is ordinarily mole-hills. It is an uncomfortable truth that needs to be acknowledged and dealt with pro-actively. At least you acknowledge your emotions and actions, and can recognize that your rationale is out the window come PMDD time. It is a very important beginning, a very crucial part of healing and repairing the damage created by PMDD, the acknowledgement.

About feeling that you are unaccepted by God ... my dear ... you have to accept and forgive yourself first and foremost. Happiness and contentment with life lies within, and not in external forces. Start thinking a little more positively, and learn to live in the here and now. Don't live in fear of the future and in sadness of the past. We can only learn from our past mistakes, we cannot undo them, what is done is done.

About the cravings, these are natural, and best allowed than ignored. The cravings indicate a drop in serotonin levels, this occurs naturally in premenstrual women due to the changes in hormonal levels. Carbohydrates facilitate better uptake of the amino acid L-Tryptophan (from food sources) and its subsequent conversion to Serotonin (the feel-good brain chemical that helps to regulate our moods, sleep and hunger). If you have a craving, instead of turning to the high-sugar junk foods, turn instead to complex carbohydrates such as for example whole-wheat bread or cooked potatoes (no, potato chips have too much of the bad oils and salt). During your PMDD time I would definitely recommend eating a good amount of cottage cheese daily (contains high levels of L-Tryptophan), drinking warm milk before bed time if you can tolerate it, and eating chicken and turkey instead of red meat or pork products. The healthier food choices will satisfy your cravings much more effectively, not to mention give you a sustained level of energy (instead of the extreme highs and lows of too much simple-sugar and caffeine consumption).

I would highly recommend you consider taking an L-Tryptophan supplement -- you can read more about it by following the link I have placed above re. this very important essential amino acid.

All the best,
Anthea

 
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Re: Please Listen

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June 20 2004, 3:43 PM 

Dear Anthea:
Thanks for listening. I needed that. It is good for me to know this is not an unusual problem. Right now I do not feel like writing anymore---I am not feeling witty and effervescent. But I am feeling grateful for your support
Love Lisa:)

 
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was that me?

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July 1 2004, 9:17 AM 

except for the husband and kids part, i thought i was reading my own dazy-crazy days there.
i may not know the exact intensity of your emotions and confusion, but i know, i know what you mean.
i've been separated from my husband for over a year now. at first i thought the self-flagellation was pure guilt --- i didn't try harder at my marriage, i left in a huff, i was so selfish.
but when the pattern became apparent, i knew it was hormonal.
now my new relationship is in shambles. during my crazy days, i get yes, paranoid and accusatory. i put bad meaning into everything he does and says, and into the things that he doesn't do or say. i drive him crazy and together, we make such an awful mess. we say things we don't mean and end up worse than when we started.
it gets so bad, i've wished for death a countless times.
then it's time for the sane days. whew!
i used to be cheerful, outgoing, in-control and confident of msyelf. but now, all that is just a memory. i've changed so much and the bad part is, it's for worse. i'm mistrustful, fearful, insecure. my friends would not believe it when i tell them about my raw side.
i want so badly to get out of this rut. i'm a sucker of 'life is too short and precious' mantra. i know i'm wasting my life away, wasting opportunities, wasting special relationships all because of my hormones...
i'm ready to take prozac!
but there are a whole lot of other things i could explore...vitamins, good diet, exercise, yoga and prayer, lots of it. so now, i'm resolute to do just that. it's my first day today! i hope i remember my determination now and carryon even in the crazy days.
good luck to all of us...

 
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